Terrorism in Tulsa, OK: Used Car Dealerships Sending Millions to Hezbollah

12/18/11 --- A Tulsa Oklahoma auto business is among companies named in a federal complaint that accuses 30 U.S. car buyers of being in league with a money laundering operation that pumped more than $300 million into the financial system to benefit the militant group Hezbollah.

Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Rusty Payne said that Ace Auto Leasing Inc. was among companies whose businesses were used to help launder drug money that helped finance Hezbollah.

Payne said, "Those moneys were laundered into some exchange houses in Lebanon and have been for a long time."

He added, "This is the perfect intersection of the nexus between drug trafficking and terrorism."

The companies would send cars to west Africa to be sold at a profit, with some money going back to the businesses to buy more cars to ship.

Payne said profits from drug trafficking were laundered into the operation as well, helping fund the militant group. Ace Auto Leasing has recieved more than $20 million from the Lebanon exchange houses.

Payne said, "You have used car dealerships across the country receiving transfers from shady exchange houses that are Hezbollah backed and are working with Hezbollah and the Lebanese Canadian bank."

He added, "When you see a used car lot with 10-50 cars on it, do you think $20 million sent to them is normal?"

Dr. John Swails, director for the Center for Israel and Middle East Studies said this has been boiling under the surface for some time.

He said, ""The big surprise is that we've caught so many or they have bungled their attempts."

Dr. Swails added, "I think Hezbollah knew it was happening because they started capturing CIA agents so they may have seen it coming."

While this is not a reason to panic, Dr. Swails and DEA officials say problems like this are not going away.

Payne said, "There's only one more group that has killed more Americans and that's Al-Qaeda. Hezbollah is number two."

Dr. Swails said, "The people who hate the United States are out there and they're coming relentlessly so we have to accept the fact... We have to be on our guard."

The investigation continues. No official charges have been filed.

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[MissCaulks]

I think these people should be tried for treason and face a possible execution. Someone who hates the USA so much as to actively seek to destroy it, while they are living in the USA, is a damn traitor!

[GTCism]

All left wing, liberal minded, political correct, marxist/socialist fools in the western world that speak out and go on about multiculturalism and religious tolerance when it comes to islam/muslims, should be arrested and charged with aiding and abetting terrorism. What makes those left wing goofs even more foolish is their support of feminism and homosexuality and islam is the worst offenders as it pertains to sexism towards women and outright death of homosexuals, make sense of that!